Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-08
THE OLD AND TIE NEW LEAF.
WHILE rhS s0kask 10 Aorivs rRS
LArrRk ~ QUIET.
The Deaiers In Tobacco v,sitipg the Growsrs.
But RSSpss to Pure hase Their Crops-r~s,vs
Hundred Csses Of Pennsyivsnsa Leaf
sold In the New vork Msrhsa

The tobacco crop Of so Is not yet moving
very rapidly. The buyers are here, and
many Of them have been travelling through
the county, but most Of them aver they are
only looking for good ventures aud not buy.
Ing much. They report purchases Of small
lots as 6 to l. cents for wrappers, S for sec.
ouds aud for filters They are evidently
ar xious to buy, but are afraid Of white
vein and dead leaf, OF which they profess
to ind great deal. one thing 10 certain, the
market Is slmos, bare Of Old leaf fit for wrap.
pers, and even Sumatrs at sL6S per pound
will not fill the bill. Wrappers must be had
and there Is no other place to find them ex.
cept in the crop OF 1855, and Of that CROP bad
- 1t is reported to be, Pennsylvania's share
IL the best and Lancaster county is the tobacco
garden spot ofPenpsylvauiA OF Hence farmers
who carefully exclude dead leaf and white
vein from their wrappers will be sure to get
big price for 1t after awhile
Following are the few sales reported
3. j. Beard. OF Penn township, 81, acres
seed leaf at 10, and 2, Anthony Fauser,
about : an acre Havana at Il and s. aud
John Il. Harnly, IL acres at ~ and 4. Sold
TO John NJ. Exley, Mannheim.
Benjamin keener. OF Fem township, i
acres seed Leaf, at 10, 3, to DIV. Long & Bro,
Mannheim.
Allen Hofier, OF Rspho township. sold his
crop to Samuel Mumma, OF Landisvile, for
ak cents around.
Harry Moore, bought about 10000 pounds
OF new leaf within q week.
NJ. kemper 4 Sons, who are packing In
Rohrer's warehouse, received this morning
about ten acres Of SO Havana seed.
Transactions in old tobacco have been live
ly Skiles Frey sold 500 cases of 's5 seed
leaf and loo cases of Bsvana John s. Hoover,
OF Mountville, sold $50 cases of 's5 seed leaf
to NJ. Newberger & Co, OF New York J. s.
Hershey, of Junction, sold 's5 cases Of seed
leaf to Hoffman & Son, N. y; u. \. Mayer
bought 26 cases seed leaf and sold 50 cases old
seed leaf TO local manufacturers 1t is re.
ported that several country packers disposed
OF not less than 400 cases during the week.
The New York Market,
From the L. $. Tobacco journal
The dreary weather and the absence of the
"best talent" in the trade (now Illuminating
In the tobacco growing districts) combined to
prlng about state Of quietude and inactivity.
II Is hard to perceive why there should be
an hour OF idlencss in the market He " ho
can now secure stock OF serviceable goods,
Do they binders or wrappers, at present
prices Is bound to make money. 1t is i'm
possiple Tor prices to go down and II such
immunity from loss exists, an unparalleled
The transactions of the week were based
prlncipally upon 400 cases old Penusy&sanis ID
al , 10 10 cents; 400 cases 81 and IS state a,
II to l6l. cents; 800 cases 'si Wisconsin q,
Is cents 400 cases 'S5 Wisconsin at S to IL 4,
cents; 200 cases IS Connecticut Havana seed
| cents - " -
Sumatrs received great attention priuci
Pa!ly from city cigar manufacturers The
decimated state OF the seed leaf market is ey
inc FE.g
sity of securing larger stocks of Sumatra
| Sales run up TO 400 bales, mostly of a 81 IS Il
| tL io grade Sunatra will not be cheaper 70,
| great while to come
Havana Moderately ective. Sales 500 ia e.
al s. cents to 81 ~.
l Gsns' Weekly Report
Sales OF seed leaf tobacco reported for th,
| lSrELLIoEScER by j. S. Cans Son & Co
| tobacco brokers, No l3l Water street, New
YORK, Tor the week ending February I. lss7
30 cases lss5, Pennsylvania Havana. lua
| l21ici 800 cases lss5. Pennsy lvania, l0lIGllI.
G.; 45O cases l.S3, Pennsylvania lIIx6,l3c.
2Ve cases ls-l, Pennsylvania, l3Gl5Isc 25,
l cases les5, state Havana, sIs@i0isc. lv
cases lsso Housatonic Havana seed, p. I.
| loo cases sundTies, coils Total, l,s56 cases
The PhiiadeJphia Market
Handlers OF hard manufactured tobaoc,
| have an active trade there is q steady demaus
for smoking tobaccos and snuff. The cipa
trade Is rourishing and fine cut tobacco sell,
| we'll.
Seed Leaf Leaf suitable for cigar purpose
| the past week shows a slight falling off In IN,
| TOTAL amount OF sales from previous week a
ana YET the aggregate foots up excellent,
ior the season and shows that every grade o
lear has marketable value. Old stock h
becoming daily more desirable and show,
| nrnness IN figures As yet no definite ad
vance mas been made, but a better feeliu,
- perceptble among holders. 1t is to b,
noPed, ior the interest OF leaf dealers favor
apie change will come So far buyers have bs.
II ail their own way tor long time past
Sumatra finds steady increasing demand
| while hanAera claim great ifficulty In piyins
| satisiaction. Bales appear to be Irregular
packed. havana sells well, and to the credi
OF the importers in this market II can be sait
that excellent goods have been offered suC
| freely sold.
| Receipts Tor the week-4i cases Counecti
cut, SO cases Pennsylvania, o. cases Ohio, p
cases Little Dutch, $50 cases of Wisconsin' s,
| cases state seed, Il bales Sumatra, 2l2 bale,
| Havana and l6S hhds Virginia and Western
| While sales show i1 cases Connecticut, a.
! cases Pannsylv vania, 90 cases Ohio, 81 case,
Little Dutch, 1873 cases Wisconsin. lO3 Gaze
| state seed, 65 cases Housatonic Havana. 7,
| bales Sumatrs, 266 bales Havana, and ],
| hnds western leaf in tTansi. direct TO manu-
| facturerx
Exported OF leaf tobacco L,verpoo,
per str. Lord Give, 59,396 pounds: 10 AMI
| werP, per str. Pennland, 3, 4s3 pounds tota
81, $50 pounds
Baltimore Market
The market for both Maryland and Obi,
tobacco has been very duh during the pas
week: There Is, al heretofore this winter
very little stock Of desirable grades Offering
lew sales OF Maryland inferior and com
mon have been made, and only Is hogshsad,
oi Ohio have been reported sold.
Connecticut Valley Tobacco aiarset.
From the American Cultivator.
There has been more stir in the 's5 Tobacco,
trade the past week than for some time pre
viouA We anticipate a continuance of thil
improved trade. There are many good lot,
OF % tobacco In the hands OF farmers vet
Trade In the 'e6 crop has been confined b
local packers almost entirely, and thew hays
bought slowly. The trade In the 'SS GRO,
has not yet opened in any of the states out
SIDE OF New England, excepting q few lots
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